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American Music From 1950 - 2000
In many ways music can give us more accurate picture of the emotion of people and events than any other medium. Music
reflects the times, describes events, and makes us remember forgotten emotions.
This American Popular
Music from 1950 to the 1990s Web Guide , arranged chronologically, is intended
as an overview of American history through music. Visit our earlier music
guides at our other Assignment Guides.
If you are researching see American Cultural History Decades.
The Tuesday New
Orleans Music Show Links to station WWOZ FM- 90.7- in New Orleans, playing songs from
Louisiana including gospel, jazz, r & b, bands, blues, doo wop,
funk and soul.
African American Music Mid-Century America From Chuck Berry to Boyz II Men. African American music covered and linked.
Southern Music Network Watch, Listen and Browse are the subject
headings for this site from Gadsden, Alabama.
The Last FM This is a terrific site. Enter the name of the artist and they have gathered lyrics, audio, video, bio, and much more. Love it!
The
Fifties Music, movies, lyrics & midi, and Burma Shave signs! and
More!
(Sorry, I can't resist the Burma Shave signs we all read on roadtrips or Sunday drives.)
He
tried to cross
As fast train neared
Death didn't draft him
He volunteered BURMA-SHAVE
On curves ahead
Remember, sonny
That rabbit's foot
Didn't save the bunny BURMA-SHAVE
Violets are blue
Roses are pink
On graves - Of those
Who drive and drink BURMA-SHAVE
Henry the VIII
Sure had Trouble
Short Term Wives
Long Term Stubble! BURMA-SHAVE
About Motown Great background site
- by the decade - with links to music and the artists.
Motown Story A little
history and an album discography.
Rock 'n Roll
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Based
in Cleveland. This is an excellent site for Rock music, soul, Motown, Disco,
etc... Pretty much any music ranging from 1950 to the present.
The Southern
Folklife Collection The Southern Folklife Collection at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill houses one of the world's largest collections
of Southeastern-tradition derived music. Photographs are wonderful.
The Grand Ole Opry From Nashville
- it's all there. Visit with Patsy Cline, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
representing the new guard and Opry institutions like Grandpa Jones,
Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Little Jimmy Dickens and Flatt & Scruggs.
Oklahoma Opry Live from Oklahoma city,
the Opry features local and southwest country and gospel performers every
Saturday night
Native Ground Music This site is worth 'pickin' over. It contains info about American Music and Folklore. Watch for the music notes to listen.
Music from Texas -
(Sorry, we are taking a little license
since we are Texans... You can search for the early music from your state.)
Austin City Limits The longest
running country music program on public television.
Austin Music Connection Check in
here for info about Austin country, blues, rock and "uncategorizable" music.
Includes maps of the various music districts in the area.
Tejano Music Awards Awards for Tejano
Music - presented annually in San Antonio.
Musicals Offers a list of songs, links
to other sites and a synopsis of many musicals, among other features.
Louisiana: Cajun Music
Twangin'!
- American Music Good site for ethnic and traditional music links. Ranges
from Cajun to Tejano music. Good place to start looking -- not just for music
but for food, language, and history.
The best way to
find journal articles is to search an appropriate database. Kingwood
College students may search most of our recommended databases from any computer.
Literature
Resource Center Includes articles from CLC, DLB, and Twayne's,
as well as some full text journal articles.
Proquest Research LibraryThis index to journal articles includes
some full text and some older articles you may not find elsewhere.
Academic Search Complete Index to journals articles, some full text. While similar to Proquest, it may have different articles.
In
1956, Elvis became
the first rock star with
hits including Don't
Be Cruel, Heartbreak
Hotel, All
Shook Up, and Can't
Help Falling in Love. Black recording artists Chuck
Berry (Johnny Be Good )
and Fats Domino
(I'm Walking) became
rock 'n roll stars. Color TV became a major influence, stereos were offered for
sale, the first Grammy (1959)
was given. American
Bandstand had an audience of 20 million teenagers and 20 million adults. Stars
like Bobby Darin, Frankie
Avalon, Connie Francis
and Fabian were discovered on American
Bandstand. The
Grand Ole Opry with its country sounds was in full swing! Your
Hit Parade (Dorothy Collings singing, Please Mr. Sun) aired on TV from 1950-1959, sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes.. 
Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame 
ing
a better world, used their music to protest. Tom
Lehrer is a good example.
